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The VMware SDK and API support offering provides access to VMware Application Programming Interface (API) expert engineers to get your solutions to market quickly. These professionals have years of experience working with third-party solutions, and possess in-depth knowledge of VMware APIs. This program is ideal for Independent Software/Hardware Vendors (ISVs/IHVs), commercial and enterprise organizations building solutions for managing VMware environments.

VMware SDK and API Support is available in two service level agreements: Standard support provides a response within two business days, and Premium support provides a response within one business day. SDK Support engineers won't write or test your code, but they may suggest sample code for a possible solution.

SDK Support will help you answer questions such as the following:

Can I do this task with an SDK?

How do I do it?

I tried it, and it's not working. Did I do it correctly?

It doesn't perform like it is supposed to. Is this a bug?

Why are my scripts not working in the new release of vSphere?

SDK Support is available in two service level agreements: Standard support provides a response within two business days, and Premium support provides a response within one business day. SDK Support engineers won't write or test your code for you, but they may provide sample code to express a suggested solution. If you need help writing code, we recommend contacting your local VMware sales representative or reseller for information on additional service options.

Who Should Consider Purchasing This Program?

Organizations that are customizing and leveraging VMware APIs to manage large environments.

Developers and administrators building management solutions using the VMware API, SDKs, and Command Line Interfaces for products supported with this offering.

Customer Testimonials

"Our products and solutions manage some of North America's largest data farms, and we rely on VMware APIs and VMware SDK Support to help us manage and reduce complexity. Recently, we were running into performance issues when polling our infrastructure. The Developer Support team quickly made some recommendations, and the changes we made as a result helped improved our code performance by more than 30%."

Mike Giles, Sr. Software Engineer, Netiq

"The VMware SDK Support Program helped us by providing sanity checks and workarounds throughout our VMware vSphere API solution development process. The VMware team is extremely professional, they understand my needs and they have in-depth working knowledge of the vSphere APIs."